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HiTechnic Color Sensor Configuration

The updated version of the HiTechnic Color sensor (sold from July, 2009) must be configured to match the mains electricity frequency for your country. There are two electric supply frequencies commonly used throughout the world. These are 50Hz (50 cycles per second) and 60Hz (60 cycles per second). The HiTechnic Color Sensor is configured by default for locations with 60Hz electrical supplies so if you live in a country with a 60Hz electrical supply no configuration is necessary. Such locations include Canada, USA, and South Korea .

MINDSTORMS and the color sensor are often used in environments that are illuminated with electric lights. Light produced by electric lights “flickers” at the frequency of the electric supply and this flickering can interfere with the HiTechnic color sensor. To overcome the interference, the color sensor should be configured for your local electric frequency.

Using the Electric Frequency Table below, determine your local electric frequency and then click on the appropriate configuration program name to download the appropriate program for your location.
The configuration programs are;

Navigate to the location where you downloaded the configuration program file and click OK to download it to the NXT.

Connect your new HiTechnic color sensor to port 1 and use the NXT buttons to run the configuration program.

use the Enter (orange) button to load and run the program. Press to select Software files.

Press to select the configuration progam. (use the arrow keys to display the program name if it is not displayed)

Press to run the confgiuration program

The configuration program will make sure the HiTechnic Color Sensor is connected to port 1 of the NXT and will display the following if the program
completes the configuration correctly. It will take only take about 1 second for the program to run.

If the sensor is not found on port 1 or is not the correct version of the sensor, the following error message will be displayed.

The HiTechnic Color sensor is now ready for use.

Electric Frequency Table

COUNTRY

FREQUENCY

Afghanistan

50 Hz

Albania

50 Hz

Algeria

50 Hz

American Samoa

60 Hz

Andorra

50 Hz

Angola

50 Hz

Anguilla

60 Hz

Antigua

60 Hz

Argentina

50 Hz

Armenia

50 Hz

Aruba

60 Hz

Australia

50 Hz

Austria

50 Hz

Azerbaijan

50 Hz

Azores

50 Hz

Bahamas

60 Hz

Bahrain

50 Hz

Balearic Islands

50 Hz

Bangladesh

50 Hz

Barbados

50 Hz

Belarus

50 Hz

Belgium

50 Hz

Belize

60 Hz

Benin

50 Hz

Bermuda

60 Hz

Bhutan

50 Hz

Bolivia

50 Hz

Bosnia

50 Hz

Botswana

50 Hz

Brazil

60 Hz

Brunei

50 Hz

Bulgaria

50 Hz

Burkina Faso

50 Hz

Burundi

50 Hz

Cambodia

50 Hz

Cameroon

50 Hz

Canada

60 Hz

Canary Islands

50 Hz

Cape Verde

50 Hz

Cayman Islands

60 Hz

Central African Republic

50 Hz

Chad

50 Hz

Channel Islands

50 Hz

Chile

50 Hz

China, People's Republic of

50 Hz

Colombia

60 Hz

Comoros

50 Hz

Congo, People's Rep. of

50 Hz

Congo, Dem. Rep. of (former Zaire)

50 Hz

Cook Islands

50 Hz

Costa Rica

60 Hz

Côte d'Ivoire

50 Hz

Croatia

50 Hz

Cuba

60 Hz

Cyprus

50 Hz

Czech Republic

50 Hz

Denmark

50 Hz

Djibouti

50 Hz

Dominica

50 Hz

Dominican Republic

60 Hz

East Timor

50 Hz

Ecuador

60 Hz

Egypt

50 Hz

El Salvador

60 Hz

Equatorial Guinea

50 Hz

Eritrea

50 Hz

Estonia

50 Hz

Ethiopia

50 Hz

Faeroe Islands

50 Hz

Falkland Islands

50 Hz

Fiji

50 Hz

Finland

50 Hz

France

50 Hz

French Guiana

50 Hz

Gaza

50 Hz

Gabon

50 Hz

Gambia

50 Hz

Georgia

50 Hz

Germany

50 Hz

Ghana

50 Hz

Gibraltar

50 Hz

Greece

50 Hz

Greenland

50 Hz

Grenada (Windward Is.)

50 Hz

Guadeloupe

50 Hz

Guam

60 Hz

Guatemala

60 Hz

Guinea

50 Hz

Guinea-Bissau

50 Hz

Haiti

60 Hz

Honduras

60 Hz

Hong Kong

50 Hz

Hungary

50 Hz

Iceland

50 Hz

India

50 Hz

Indonesia

50 Hz

Iran

50 Hz

Iraq

50 Hz

Ireland (Eire)

50 Hz

Isle of Man

50 Hz

Israel

50 Hz

Italy

50 Hz

Jamaica

50 Hz

Japan

50/60 Hz

Jordan

50 Hz

Kenya

50 Hz

Kazakhstan

50 Hz

Kiribati

50 Hz

Korea, South

60 Hz

Kuwait

50 Hz

Laos

50 Hz

Latvia

50 Hz

Lebanon

50 Hz

Lesotho

50 Hz

Liberia

60 Hz

Libya

50 Hz

Lithuania

50 Hz

Liechtenstein

50 Hz

Luxembourg

50 Hz

Macau

50 Hz

Macedonia

50 Hz

Madagascar

50 Hz

Madeira

50 Hz

Malawi

50 Hz

Malaysia

50 Hz

Maldives

50 Hz

Mali

50 Hz

Malta

50 Hz

Martinique

50 Hz

Mauritania

50 Hz

Mauritius

50 Hz

Mexico

60 Hz

Micronesia (Federal States of)

60 Hz

Monaco

50 Hz

Mongolia

50 Hz

Montenegro

50 Hz

Montserrat (Leeward Is.)

60 Hz

Morocco

50 Hz

Mozambique

50 Hz

Myanmar (formerly Burma)

50 Hz

Namibia

50 Hz

Nauru

50 Hz

Nepal

50 Hz

Netherlands

50 Hz

Netherlands Antilles

50 Hz

New Caledonia

50 Hz

New Zealand

50 Hz

Nicaragua

60 Hz

Niger

50 Hz

Nigeria

50 Hz

Norway

50 Hz

Okinawa

60 Hz

Oman

50 Hz

Pakistan

50 Hz

Palmyra Atoll

60 Hz

Panama

60 Hz

Papua New Guinea

50 Hz

Paraguay

50 Hz

Peru

60 Hz

Philippines

60 Hz

Poland

50 Hz

Portugal

50 Hz

Puerto Rico

60 Hz

Qatar

50 Hz

Réunion Island

50 Hz

Romania

50 Hz

Russia

50 Hz

Rwanda

50 Hz

St. Kitts and Nevis (Leeward Is.)

60 Hz

St. Lucia (Windward Is.)

50 Hz

St. Vincent (Windward Is.)

50 Hz

Samoa

50 Hz

Saudi Arabia

60 Hz

Senegal

50 Hz

Serbia

50 Hz

Seychelles

50 Hz

Sierra Leone

50 Hz

Singapore

50 Hz

Slovak Republic

50 Hz

Slovenia

50 Hz

Somalia

50 Hz

South Africa

50 Hz

Spain

50 Hz

Sri Lanka

50 Hz

Sudan

50 Hz

Suriname

60 Hz

Swaziland

50 Hz

Sweden

50 Hz

Switzerland

50 Hz

Syria

50 Hz

Tahiti

60 Hz

Tajikistan

50 Hz

Taiwan

60 Hz

Tanzania

50 Hz

Thailand

50 Hz

Togo

50 Hz

Tonga

50 Hz

Trinidad & Tobago

60 Hz

Tunisia

50 Hz

Turkey

50 Hz

Turkmenistan

50 Hz

Uganda

50 Hz

Ukraine

50 Hz

United Arab Emirates

50 Hz

United Kingdom

50 Hz

United States of America

60 Hz

Uruguay

50 Hz

Uzbekistan

50 Hz

Vanuatu

50 Hz

Venezuela

60 Hz

Vietnam

50 Hz

Virgin Islands (British and U.S.)

60 Hz

Yemen, Rep. of

50 Hz

Zambia

50 Hz

Zimbabwe

50 Hz

Support Documents

To download a pdf version of the HiTechnic Color sensor configuration instructions click on the following link.